According to a recent Reuters poll, the U.S. ranks last out of 46 countries in media trust. In a country protected by the First Amendment, one would hope that an open and free media would be the envy of the world. For many years, the U.S. ranked high internationally in media trust. The New York […]

Where are our school leaders? During the ’50s and ’60s polio era, schools stepped up. During first decade of this century and the H1N1 influenza outbreak, schools stepped up. For the life of me, I cannot understand why our school leaders are not only stepping up, they are walking away. Shame on them. Masks should […]

Rewarding the unvaccinated with a $100 shot, a chance at a $1 million lottery, and let’s not forget free beer. What’s next? Free tattoos, ear rings, free rent if you get vaccinated as soon as possible? President Biden can’t be sleeping too well these days. His trillions of dollars in federal stimulus money aren’t enough […]

Everyone has a choice to listen to their own doctor and/or Dr. Anthony Fauci, or the misinformation put out by Tucker Carlson on Fox News, or Texas and Florida Republican governors leading the nation in COVID deaths and hospitalizations in their respective states. Thankfully the people of Maine have followed the masking and vaccination policies […]

Elliot Epstein’s column (“When are just rewards just to be expected?,” Aug. 1) cited another incident of GOP hypocrisy in regard to COVID-19. Maine Rep. Chris Johansen, R-Monticello, an anti masker and anti vaxxer, came down with COVID-19 and was hospitalized. Such hypocrisy is not limited to Johansen; Paul LePage opposed Medicaid expansion, which would […]

Here’s a response to two recent letters. On July 30, Clem Bechard voiced the tiresome complaint that the CDC keeps changing its mind about masking and vaccinations. Of course it does. The virus and its variants keep mutating. The CDC responds with updated guidance. That’s what scientists do. They study the data (facts, not opinions) […]

I’m responding to Stephen Carnahan’s July 17 letter on Trooper John Darcy’s traffic stop on someone who looked like a “thug.” Carnahan apparently never in his life saw individuals who were up to no good. Fortunately for him, there are guardians out there like Darcy, who are always looking. Spotting a thug takes some time […]

Finally I see someone who is standing up to the government and saying, our children are going to be in a classroom and not at home (“Langlais: Leave Masks, Vaccine to Families,” July 31). Superintendent Jake Langlais is taking the stance that all parents should be taking for their children. Children need to be with […]

This week I heard a commentator on a news network say, “If you’re not vaccinated, go to a mirror to see an image of the only person you care about.” It was striking, but I don’t believe it’s true. I think there are unvaccinated people who simply have health-related issues, or a crisis-fear of needles, […]

A recent article (“Lewiston Democrats in turmoil as election season begins,” July 28) cited the allegations of three former Lewiston Democratic Committee officers that Vice Chair Safiya Khalid was the target of racial abuse at the committee’s July 22 meeting. I attended that meeting. I can attest that at no time did attendees engage in such […]